I have an update on the saber I wanted to change: it broke.
You see, in the old PVC Ultrasabers there is a "holder" that is drilled into the emitter to house the retention screw. That "holder" has now completely made its way through the PVC and now I have no way of retaining a blade. This isn't the first time this has happened though; it also happened on my Adegan Silver Dominix V1 (the other half of my Phantom V1.) Let me just say this: I'm very disappointed. I've also had problems with my Liberator where the retention screw hole lost its threads, luckily I was able to fix that by drilling and tapping a new hole. My point is that Ultrasabers are not as durable as they are said to be. I have invested a lot of money in these sabers and I hate to see it go to waste. Basically, I'm saying that I won't be buying any more Ultrasabers. I will still participate in this forum and help others in whatever way I can, but I will not be investing any more money in this hobby.
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. I still love this company and I will support it in any way I can, but I will not support it financially. I sincerely hope that this company continues to do well.
That's very unfortunate, sorry to hear that. I believe that's one of the reasons they have moved to metal sabers, that sort of thing would never happen with the aircraft aluminum they use to make the hilts - that "holder" is only there because threads in the PVC made to hold a retention screw wouldn't last very long. I would HIGHLY recommend trying the new metal sabers, I'm sure they will not have that problem at all. You can't really judge a company based on its outdated products - that would be like expressing frustration with Microsoft over Windows 98 not working.
